Apple visionOS up to 18.4 Media File memory corruption

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Apple visionOS. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Media File Handler. The manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2025-43372. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Apple visionOS. Affected is an unknown code block of the component Media File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The issue was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in tvOS 26, watchOS 26, visionOS 26, macOS Tahoe 26, iOS 26 and iPadOS 26. Processing a maliciously crafted media file may lead to unexpected app termination or corrupt process memory.

The advisory is shared for download at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-43372 since 04/16/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 11/05/2025).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 272227 (macOS 14.x < 14.8.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities (125636)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 26.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (272227) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-2475). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

Affected

• Apple macOS

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Apple

Name

• visionOS

Version

• 1
• 1.0
• 1.0.2
• 1.1
• 1.2
• 1.3
• 2
• 2.1
• 12.7
• 13.7
• 14.5
• 14.7
• 15
• 15.3
• 16.7
• 17.5
• 18
• 18.1
• 18.2
• 18.4

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.apple.com/

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